Joseph Owen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Joseph Owen

Welsh cricketer

Date of Birth: 23-Jan-1909

Place of Birth: Llanelli, Wales, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 17-Feb-1978

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: Wales

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Joseph Owen

  • Joseph Glyn Owen (23 January 1909 – 17 February 1978) was a Welsh first-class cricketer active from the early 1930s to the late 1950s.
  • A left-handed batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler, Owen played in over a dozen first-class cricket matches, as well as playing minor counties cricket for Surrey and Bedfordshire. Born at Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Owen made his debut in first-class cricket for Surrey against Middlesex at Lord's in 1930.
  • His first appearance in the County Championship came in the following season, with four appearances in the competition (plus one non-Championship match against Middlesex at The Oval).
  • Owen continued to play infrequently for Surrey in the 1932 and 1933 seasons, making nine first-class appearances across the two seasons.
  • He made a total of fifteen first-class appearances for Surrey, scoring 196 runs at an average of 19.60, recording a single half century with a high-score of 54, which came against Hampshire in 1932, and included large partnerships with Robert Gregory and Alf Gover, to help Surrey recover from 150/8 to 316 all out.
  • With his slow left-arm orthodox bowling, he took 16 wickets, but was fairly ineffective, averaging 44.37 per wicket, with best figures of 3/15.Six years after leaving Surrey, Owen joined Bedfordshire, making his debut for the county in the 1939 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire.
  • Eight further appearances followed, in what was to be the final season before county cricket was cancelled following the outbreak of World War II.
  • After the conclusion of the war, Owen resumed playing minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire.
  • He was selected to represent a combined Minor Counties cricket team in two first-class matches in 1950, against the Marylebone Cricket Club and the touring West Indians, recording his highest first-class score of 57 against the Marylebone Cricket Club.
  • A final first-class appearance came in 1951, when the Minor Counties played Kent.
  • He continued to play for Bedfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship until 1957, by which time he had made a total of 96 appearances.He died at Eastbourne, Sussex on 17 February 1978.

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